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Jupiter Inlet Colony commission adopts FY2025-26 budget, sets millage above rollback rate
Summary
The Town Commission approved the FY2025-26 budget and adopted a proposed millage rate of 5.56 mills, described in the hearing as 7.3% above the rollback rate. Commissioners discussed permit-fee questions, a beach-club drain and unbudgeted repairs before approving the budget.
The Town Commission of Jupiter Inlet Colony approved its FY2025-26 annual budget at its final public hearing and adopted a proposed millage rate of 5.56 mills, which the chair read as 7.3% higher than the rollback rate of 5.1816 mills.
Commissioners opened the hearing with a staff presentation announcing the proposed millage and the budget appropriation for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2025. After public praise for the budgetone resident called it the most professional budget they had seenthe commission moved to vote on the millage resolution. The commission recorded that Resolution 2025-06 passed with a recorded result of "Passes 4 0." The commission then considered the annual budget appropriation (Resolution 2025-07) and called the motion for a vote; members voted in favor to adopt the annual budget.
During discussion, a commissioner asked whether the town intended to attempt collection of roughly $600,000 in building-permit fees and whether the town would assess oceanfront property owners who received sand from a storm on private property. Town staff replied that records provided at the last meeting indicated there were no outstanding building permit fees to approve and that a majority of the commission was not in favor of seeking an assessment of those property owners.
Commissioners also debated a drainage issue at the beach club where an outfall on or adjacent to private property lets sand backwash into a catch basin. Staff said the town does not currently have an easement for one of the outfalls, that the pipe and outfall are on private property, and that work such as installing check valves or upsizing the pipe was not included in the adopted budget. An estimated local repair cost was discussed in the range of about $7,500 to $10,000, but staff said any work requiring access or easements would need a proposal from the affected private property owner or additional action by the commission.
The chair instructed commissioners to sign the adopted resolutions so they could be delivered to the county property appraiser, and the meeting concluded with an adjournment.
Votes and formal actions recorded in the meeting packet include the millage resolution (Resolution 2025-06) and the annual budget appropriation (Resolution 2025-07).
